Re:IRC logs from the beginning of the Gulf War (1991)
by sinwave on Saturday July 05, 2014 @03:05AM
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Yeah, this comment was massively insightful.
Re:IRC logs from the beginning of the Gulf War (1991)
by mikeash on Saturday July 05, 2014 @01:25PM
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IMO it was obvious on that day what was going to happen. Just about everybody who wasn't immediately calling for such laws was predicting that they'd be made.
If you want insightful, this notorious article from The Onion, of all places, really takes the cake:
http://www.theonion.com/articles/bush-our-long-national-nigh...
That was months before 9/11 when just about everyone thought Bush was a harmless goof. I remember reading it (on paper!) when it came out and thinking it was amusing and way over the top.
> Not to belittle the signifigance of these events, but you do realize that this means a whole slew of "anti terrorist" and probably "anti violence" laws will be passed through congress.
> Any "anti terrorist" laws will be given almost a blank check to do what is necessary. I'd be surprised if in 6 months you'll be able to make a domestic call without it being monitored.
> That's the way terrorism works. It's not the attack that hurts most people. A couple of hundred people die -- every death is tragic, but the truth is the real tragedy will be the loss of freedoms for the survivors.